"news.pandora.be" <no@no.com> wrote in message
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> I want to display a string in a table but when a word in the string is
> longer then 40 letters it won't wrap. Does anyone know how I can fix this
?
>
> Thanx
>
> Wannes
>
>

"news.pandora.be" <no@no.com> wrote in message
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>I want to display a string in a table but when a word in the string is
> longer then 40 letters it won't wrap. Does anyone know how I can fix this
> ?
>
> Thanx
>
> Wannes
>
>

"news.pandora.be" <no@no.com> wrote in message
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> It's in a sort of message board so I cant realy controle what will be
> displayed in the table.
> I have to make shure that if someone has put in such long words my table
> will still be displayed as it should.
> Therefor I'm looking for an ASP-code that places an "<BR>" into my string
> if
> there are words longer than 40 letters in it. It doesn't realy matter to
> me
> where the words are broken as long as they are.
>
> gr.
>
> Wannes
>
> "Aaron Bertrand [MVP]" <aaron@TRASHaspfaq.com> schreef in bericht
> news:O6j8V1DPEHA.1048@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> What kind of word is longer than 40 letters? Where would it make sense
>> to
>> break up such a word? Exactly in half, after 20 characters, after 32
>> characters, 5 characters from the end, ...?
>>
>> --
>> Aaron Bertrand
>> SQL Server MVP
>> http://www.aspfaq.com/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "news.pandora.be" <no@no.com> wrote in message
>> news:ed7qc.113060$f83.6457443@phobos.telenet-ops.be...
>> >I want to display a string in a table but when a word in the string is
>> > longer then 40 letters it won't wrap. Does anyone know how I can fix
> this
>> > ?
>> >
>> > Thanx
>> >
>> > Wannes
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

> tmp = tmp & "<br>" & mid(str, i, 40)

> where would you expect it to wrap? if it's a single, uninterrupted, string
> of characters the browser has no idea where to break it, besides it's not
> right to break it most likely. You'll have to build a custom string reader
> to insert a "<br>" or linebreak (if displayed in a textbox, etc).
>
> --
> Curt Christianson
> Owner/Lead Developer, DF-Software
> Site: http://www.Darkfalz.com
> Blog: http://blog.Darkfalz.com
>
>
> "news.pandora.be" <no@no.com> wrote in message
> news:ed7qc.113060$f83.6457443@phobos.telenet-ops.be...
> > I want to display a string in a table but when a word in the string is
> > longer then 40 letters it won't wrap. Does anyone know how I can fix
this
> ?
> >
> > Thanx
> >
> > Wannes
> >
> >
>
>

> What kind of word is longer than 40 letters? Where would it make sense to
> break up such a word? Exactly in half, after 20 characters, after 32
> characters, 5 characters from the end, ...?
>
> --
> Aaron Bertrand
> SQL Server MVP
> http://www.aspfaq.com/
>
>
>
>
>
> "news.pandora.be" <no@no.com> wrote in message
> news:ed7qc.113060$f83.6457443@phobos.telenet-ops.be...
> >I want to display a string in a table but when a word in the string is
> > longer then 40 letters it won't wrap. Does anyone know how I can fix
this
> > ?
> >
> > Thanx
> >
> > Wannes
> >
> >
>
>

> It's in a sort of message board so I cant realy controle what will be
> displayed in the table.
> I have to make shure that if someone has put in such long words my
> table will still be displayed as it should.
> Therefor I'm looking for an ASP-code that places an "<BR>" into my
> string if there are words longer than 40 letters in it. It doesn't
> realy matter to me where the words are broken as long as they are.
>